On Tap in the Capital, Jan. 10

PANEL LOOKS AT NURSE PRACTITIONER AUTONOMY: The House Select Committee on Health Care Workforce Innovation will hold a discussion about advanced registered nurse practitioners and their autonomy in caring for patients. Nurse practitioners want to have more authority to practice without the supervision of physicians --- long a controversial idea. (9 a.m., 212 Knott Building, the Capitol.)

LAWMAKER, NURSE PRACTITIONERS CALL FOR CHANGES: Rep. Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda, D-Tallahassee, and officials from the Florida Association of Nurse Practitioners will hold a news conference to call for changes that they say could help alleviate a primary-care physician shortage.(12:30 p.m., in front of the House chamber, fourth floor, the Capitol.)

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ALACHUA DELEGATION TO MEET: The Alachua County legislative delegation is scheduled to meet. (9 a.m., Santa Fe College Center for Innovation and Economic Development, 530 West University Ave., Gainesville.)

RPOF STARTS MEETINGS: The Republican Party of Florida is scheduled to hold a series of meetings Friday and Saturday. The Saturday sessions include annual and quarterly meetings. (Meetings start at 6 p.m. Friday, Rosen Centre Hotel, 9840 International Dr., Orlando.)